Ulnar-sided perilunate instability: an anatomic and biomechanic study.

Viegas, S F; Patterson, R M; Peterson, P D; Pogue, D J; Jenkins, D K; Sweo, T D; Hokanson, J A · J Hand Surg Am · 1990

biomechanical · Level V

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Abstract

A staging system for ulnar-sided perilunate instability is presented based on a series of cadaver dissections and load studies. Stage I: partial or complete disruption of the lunotriquetral interosseous ligament, without clinical and/or radiographic evidence of dynamic or static volar intercalated segment instability deformity; stage II: complete disruption of the lunotriquetral interosseous ligament and disruption of the palmar lunotriquetral ligament, with clinical and/or radiographic evidence of dynamic volar intercalated segment instability deformity; and stage III: complete disruption of the lunotriquetral interosseous and the palmar lunotriquetral ligaments, attenuation or disruption of the dorsal radiocarpal ligament, with clinical and/or radiographic evidence of static volar intercalated segment instability deformity.

Medical subject headings

Anatomy